Community

Anissa Trujillo's wish list for her ninth birthday was different to most girls her age. She asked her family to buy gifts for less fortunate children: shoes, and lots of them.

The budding directors of the Gilroy Farmer's Market are hoping to cultivate the downtown community with a new location, vendors and activities as the venue kicks off a brand new season Saturday.

It's a breezy, sunny day and Colleen, a 2-year old dog with an endless love for fetch, playfully chases a tennis ball in the grass. The border collie mix is sweet and lovable, but she has yet to find a permanent home. Colleen is just one of the many animals available for adoption at the County of Santa Clara Animal Care and Control. This Saturday and Sunday, Colleen and all of the other dogs and cats at the shelter can be adopted at no cost, thanks to the shelter's participation in Maddie's Pet Adoption Days - America's largest free pet adoption event.

The special library tax that’s been in place for 20 years is expiring in 2015, and the county’s Joint Powers Authority is hoping that Gilroy residents will vote to continue the tax that supports maintaining library hours and inventory.

Hundreds of families congregated on the streets, their faces pointing to the cloudy sky as five synchronized fighter planes soared over 10th and Monterey streets to kick off Monday morning’s Memorial Day parade in Gilroy.

Morgan Hill’s population nearly doubled at times during Memorial Day weekend, thanks to the food, arts, crafts, entertainment and games – not to mention sunny weather with temperatures in the 70s – served up on a platter by the 34th annual Mushroom Mardi Gras festival.

In August 2010, Gilroy Police Chief Denise Turner detailed a burgeoning issue for Gilroy when she presented her original status report on the city’s homeless population.

Gilroy Gardens had its largest-ever Gilroy Appreciation Day March 30 when more than 9,000 locals turned up to get the ball rolling on 2013’s summer of fun.

More than 100 people from Santa Clara to Santa Cruz flocked to Morgan Hill and Gilroy on May 18th to learn all about backyard chicken keeping from folks who know a thing or two about caring for clucking companions.

The 13th annual Wings of History Open House and Fly-by may be for the youth, but the hot air balloons that were being prepped early that morning were a piece of old-world technology that hasn't changed much since the first flight more than 240 years ago.